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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,704, dated May 26,1863; antedated March 13, 1863.

reference being had to the accompanying draw- 1 ings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of astreet-car with my improved register. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a detached transverse section of the door andspring-step of a street-car, taken in the plane indicated by the line as:r, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the door and spring-step of anomnibus, the plane of section being indicated by the line y-y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The object of thisinvention is toprevent the ingress and egress ofpassengers into street-cars or omnibuses against the will or without theknowledge of the driver, and at the same time to indicate the correctnumber of passengers which enter and leave the vehicle, therebypreventing frauds upon the proprietors of such vehicles.

The invention consists in the arrangement of a spring-bolt operated bymeans of a hand or foot lever and connected to the same by suitable rodsand levers, in combination'with the door of a street-car, omnibus, orother public conveyance intended to carry passengers, in such a. mannerthat said door is firmly closed, and that it cannot be opened eitherfrom the inside or outside without the consent of the driver.

It consists also in the arrangement of alip projecting from the underedge of the door and catching under a spring-step, the oscillatingmotions of which serve to impart motion to the registering mechanism insuch a manner that said step is held perfectly firm as long as the dooris closed, and no motion can be imparted to the registering mechanismbefore the door is opened to let a passenger in or out.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1- willproceed to describe i s construction and operation with reference to thedrawings. and in order to render the whole more intelligible I willfirst describe the application of my invention to street-cars andafterward, point out the changes requisite to render it available foromnibuses and other conveyances.

A represents the platform ordrivcrs stand of a street-car, B, and one ormore steps.

lead from this platform to the ground. The passage leading to thesesteps is closed by a door, 0, and a bolt, b, which is secured to saiddoor, serves to fasten or lock the same. This bolt catches behind anose, 0, that is inserted into the side of the car-body, and it isoperated by an elbow-lever, d e, which is fulcrated on a vertical pivot,f, and one arm of which catches into a slot in the tail end of the bolt,whereas its other end connects by means of a rod, 9, with a bell-cranklever, D E. The loose arm E of this lever extends through to the driversstand, and it forms a foot-lever in convenient reach of the driver. Aspring, h, which connects by means of a link, h, with the arm D of thelever D E, has a tendency to close the door as soon as the arm E isreleased.

In practice, the bolt and all the parts requisite to operate it will beconcealed so that said bolt cannot be meddled with, and that the doorcan only be opened by depressing the arm E of the lever D E. If the dooris to be operated from the drivers seat, the bolt 1) connects by acurved arm, d, with the vertical arbor f, and an arm, 0, on the upperend of said arbor, connects by a rod, 9, with a handlever, D, that is inconvenient reach from the drivers seat.

F is the spring-step which swings on trunnions or tenons h and which,when the door is closed, rests with its front edge on the lip i,projecting from the inside surface of the door. The axle or one of thetrunnions of said spring step connects by means of a'rod,j, with theregistering mechanism G, which is constructed of two or moreratchet-wheels and two pawls, both connected to an oscillating arm, towhich the rod'j is secured. One pawl propels the unit-wheel and theother pawl slides on the periphery of a disk which is firmly secured tothe axle of the first ratchet-wheel, and rotates with the same. Saiddisk is provided with one notch, and whenever the second pawl comesopposite to said notch itengages with one of the teeth of the secondratchet-wheel and propels the same one tooth. The second ratchet-wheelis secured on a hollow axle which fits on the solid axle, carrying thefirst ratchet-wheel and the notched disk, andleach of these axlescarries an index, one

V to indicate the units and the other the tens.

Whenever the step F is depressed the first ratchet-wheel is propelledone tooth, and two teeth of this wheel indicate one passena ger. Thestep' will not operate the index while the door is fastened, and if apassenger desires to get in the driver opens the door, and as soon asthe weight of the passenger comes to bear upon the step F the firstindex is propelled. As soon as the passenger has reached the platformthe door is closed and the'step is locked, sothat if a passenger shouldaccidentally step on; the registering mechanism is not affected. If apassenger wishes to go out the driver has to open the door, andif newthe weight of the passenger bears on the spring step, the unit-index ispropelled, and each two motions, one on entering and one on going out,of each passenger count for 7 one person. By thesemeans a correctaccount is kept of the number of passengers, and the driver has perfectcontrol over the coming in and going out of passengers, so that alldanger from jumpingion or ofi' while the vehicle is in motion isavoided, and each passenger will be correctly registered, no more and 10less, itbeing impossible to impart motion to the spring-step orregistering apparatus until the driver opens the door to let a passengerin or out. a 7

Having thus fully described my invention,

,what I claim as new, and desire to seeureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The arrangement of the spring bolt b, lever B E or D, and connectingrods and arms d e e g g, in combination with the door 0 C. ofa-street-car or omnibus, constructed and operating substantially as andfor the pur-

